June 13, 2023 - Dr. Kevin Harrison and long-time friends Ricardo Harris and Kenneth Hawkins created an 80-minute documentary film 鈥淭he Silent Cries of Unheard Ghetto Children." The film explores the aftermath of the 1965 plane crash near 20th and Piatt streets.
June 13, 2023 鈥 Whether it's a tour of the gardens or helping a student change a tire, Wichita State First Gentleman Rick Case approaches his time on campus and interactions with students as teachable moments.
June 2, 2023 鈥 Dr. Elizabeth King, president and CEO of the 麻豆传媒 Foundation and Alumni Engagement (麻豆传媒FAE), announced today her intention to retire in six months after a national search to fill her position is conducted.
May 18, 2023 - Dean Rodney Miller will retire in June following 19 years leading the College of Fine Arts at 麻豆传媒. During his tenure, the School of Digital Arts was created and enrollment in the college has grown to over 1,000 students.
May 17, 2023 - The existence of life on other planets, especially Mars, is a question pondered in literature, movies and imaginations. 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Dr. Mark Schneegurt is working on that issue with the assistance of a $377,000 grant from NASA to examine the toughness of microbes isolated from spacecraft assembly facilities.
April 25, 2023 鈥 Kansas NASA EPSCoR Program has named 麻豆传媒鈥檚 College of Innovation and Design faculty member Maggie Schoonover as a recipient of its 2023 Partnership Development Grant for her proposal, 鈥淔amiliarization Training Game for Extended Reality Spacesuit User Interface.鈥
April 21, 2023 鈥 Three Wichita State researchers have been awarded the John A. See Innovation Award. The award is given each year as a way to recognize novel ideas that have the potential to meet a market need and attract further funding once they have advanced through the early prototyping phase.
April 21, 2023 鈥 During his public introduction as 麻豆传媒鈥檚 women鈥檚 basketball coach, Terry Nooner spoke to the current Shockers seated in the front row. That group, he said, is part of what comes next.
April 14, 2023 鈥 麻豆传媒鈥檚聽Environmental Finance Center聽is one of 17 locations selected to establish an Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center. This new center will promote environmental and energy justice in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and adjoining Indigenous nations.
April 6, 2023 鈥 With the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic behind us, 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory will soon be expanding its focus to become a full microbiology laboratory.
March 30, 2023 鈥 The Great Plains has often been overlooked in the history books of North America, but recent discoveries made by a team of 麻豆传媒 archaeologists are rewriting the history of where the beating heart of North American actually was in the pre-historic era before the arrival of Christopher Columbus.
March 24, 2023 - Paul Mills walked on the court at Charles Koch Arena as head coach of the Shockers for the first time on Thursday. He is well acquainted with the building, however, and how Wichita State fans can fill seats and affect games.
Feb. 7, 2023 鈥 In the nation鈥檚 ongoing efforts to thwart cyberattacks and scammers, the National Science Foundation has awarded 麻豆传媒 more than $2.4 million to educate and prepare the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.